Archive for the ‘1450-1750 (Year 8 History)’ Category

Reformation Historiography [1]: What time period should be used in a study of the German Reformation?

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

What time period should be used in a study of the German Reformation? - This worksheet encourages students to compare the views of Bainton, Oberman and Schilling through the means of a classroom debate.

History Shop

Friday, February 29th, 2008

It’s with a great sense of relief that I’ve finally launched the ActiveHistory History Store - a massive repository of history books, history CDs and history DVDs available from Amazon, organised by date period and by genre (historical fiction, popular history, history study books, history dvds). There are hundreds of resources available here which I have personally selected and which I hope you will find useful.

If you have any further ideas about what history resources should be included in the store, please let me know!

The Renaissance - Quiz

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

A new Keyword Challenge Quiz for Year 8 history students.

The Reformation - Quiz

Monday, February 18th, 2008

A new quiz for Year 8 history students.

Lutheran Reformation Historiography - Online Quiz!

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

A new quiz which tests knowledge of every major Reformation historian worth knowing about: Roland Bainton, Heiko Oberman, Heinz Schilling, Von Ranke, Max Steinmetz, Schilling / Reinhard, AG Dickens, Christopher Haigh, Joseph Lortz, Gunther Vogler, Friedrich Engels, Peter Blickle, Scott and Scribner, Martin Luther, Harold Bender, George H. Williams, M.M. Smirin, Claus-Peter Clasen, James M. Sayer, Deppermann, Bernd Moeller, Steven Ozment, Thomas Brady…!

Reformation Historiography [6]: Why did the Imperial Cities adopt the Reformation?

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Why did the Imperial Cities adopt the Reformation? - In the 1960s Bernd Moeller called for historians to get away from theological debate and back to historical issues. This was the question he posed to himself, and it generated a great deal of debate.